Congress
Bicameral federal body
Congress is the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
When Americans speak of Congress passing laws, confirming appointments, or gridlocking, they mean this body: Congress approved the spending bill, She was elected to Congress.
The term also applies to similar national legislatures in other countries. (Lowercase congress is any formal assembly.)
Amount owed, written
- lawmakingCrafting enforceable rules
- statuteEnacted written rule
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- enactmentPassing into law
amendment · act · resolution · committee · senate · house · representatives · filibuster
Organized public voting
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- incumbentCurrent position holder
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
partisanship · platform · caucus · representative · senator · gridlock · majority · minority
bill
Amount owed, written
- lawmakingCrafting enforceable rules
- statuteEnacted written rule
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
enactment · amendment · act · resolution · committee · senate · house · representatives · filibuster · veto
election
Organized public voting
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- incumbentCurrent position holder
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
constituency · partisanship · platform · caucus · representative · senator · gridlock · majority · minority · whip
hearing
Perceiving sound waves
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
procedure · agenda · subcommittee · markup · recess · chairperson · motion · minutes · gavel · docket
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- U.S. Politicssenator, representative, president, vice president, Democrat
- US Governmentexecutive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch, House, Senate
- US Politicsconservatism, ballot, liberalism, bill, constitutionalism
- Indian PoliticsCPI, CPM, SAD, AGP, HAM
- Lower HousesHouse of Representatives, House of Commons, Bundestag, National Assembly, Duma
Congressgridlock
Complete mutual obstruction
deadlock · stalemate · inaction · paralysis · dysfunction
Congressseparation
State of being apart
dispersal · dissolution · disbandment · adjournment · scattering
- congressional investigationLawmakers probing governmental matters
- congressional oversightLegislature monitoring executive branch
- congressional debateFormal lawmaker discussion
- act of CongressFederal law formally enacted
- US CongressAmerican federal legislature
- U.S. CongressFederal legislative branch
congregation, congregate, congressman, congressional, congregational, congresswoman